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All Mine Disasters in the United States
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View the Mine Disaster CalendarCounty:  Logan County, WV   (Display in Fatality Order)

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Counties where 5 or more disasters occurred

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Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report
01/19/2006 Alma No. 1 View the planets for this day Melville, WV Bituminous Fire 2 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/26/1972 Buffalo Creek View the planets for this day Saunders, WV Bituminous Dam Failure 125 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
12/12/1968 No. 8-B View the planets for this day Saunders, WV Bituminous Fire 3 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
08/14/1968 Lundale No. 1 View the planets for this day Lundale, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 3
03/08/1960 No. 22 View the planets for this day Holden, WV Bituminous Fire 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
02/12/1958 Lundale View the planets for this day Lundale, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 6 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
06/19/1945 No. 5 View the planets for this day Omar, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 4 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
03/11/1937 Macbeth View the planets for this day Logan, WV Bituminous Explosion 18 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
09/02/1936 Macbeth View the planets for this day Logan, WV Bituminous Explosion 10 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/03/1931 Whitman No. 20 View the planets for this day Holden, WV Bituminous Explosion 5
10/25/1920 Rum Creek No. 1 View the planets for this day Dehue, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 4
05/22/1920 Mallory No. 3 View the planets for this day Mallory, WV Bituminous Roof Fall 5 Download an Investigation Report for this Disaster
11/04/1917 Prockter View the planets for this day Amherstdale, WV Bituminous Electrical 4
 
 
 

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